1. Welcome to Parent Night!
Mrs. Trisha Cole
Division 5
Grade 6

2. Get to Know mrs. cole

3. Get to Know Mrs. cole Many families and students remember me as
Ms. Marcus
I have 3 sons ranging in age from 7-13 years and a Black Lab named Casey.
I have a strong interest in the integration of technology in the classroom, digital citizenship and self-regulation.

4. Planner policy & parent/teacher communication
As you know, this year, we will be using an ONLINE planner board using our class website.
Parents can check the homework every day at
Other important information can be shared via . My address is
Parents can also contact me via the school office at

5. Home reading
Your child needs to read EVERY DAY for at least 20 minutes.
Daily reading increases vocabulary, improves writing skills, increases knowledge base, improves comprehension and leads to increased engagement and success in the classroom.
Ask your child to show you the strategies (Reading Powers) we have been working on in class.

6. homework
Homework time should be a scheduled part of your evening with a consistent time and location in your home.
A parent/guardian should check that all assigned work has been completed every day. (Some parents prefer that their child shows them all assigned work, even if it was completed in class)

7. homework is: unfinished class work research or project work
website building
updating e-portfolio
responding to blog posts.
Practicing skills on MobyMax or other apps/websites
Studying for quizzes and tests

8. homework
Incomplete homework must be completed the following day during recess, lunch and/or after school.
If there has been an unexpected event that caused the student to be unable to complete his or her homework, please let me know.

9. Organization: An important life skill
Your child has recorded the expectations for setting up his/her zippered binder.
Ask him/her to show these expectations to you.
Learning to file paper in the correct section and do so in a specific order is an important life skill.
Well organized students experience significantly less anxiety and are more successful, on average, in class.
Learning to make smooth transitions from one activity to another is another important life skill.

10. Excellence means good work habits
Positive Attitude
Active Participation in All Activities
Strong Work Ethic (Best Effort Every Time)
Organized Desk/Binder/Backpack
Consistent Use of Planner
Consistent Homework Completion
Meeting Due Dates Consistently
Asking For Help When Needed
Self-Assessment of Understanding for Every Lesson

11. Team-teaching & platooning
Your child has more than one teacher!
“It takes a village to raise a child…”
Mrs. Cole teaches Social Studies.
Ms. Dillon teaches Science.
Mme. Ossea teaches French.
Mrs. Kingdon teaches Library
Students may work with Mrs. Cole, Ms. Dillon or Mr. Basigin for Math.
Students may work with Mrs. Cole or
Mr. Basigin for Language Arts.

12. Ways to support your child
Read with your child and discuss what has been read
Use the MobyMax app on Edmodo to practice Math and Language Arts skills
Write journals and/or blogs to summarize events at home
Look at our class website every day

13. Ways to support your child
Help your child set up a gmail account so that he/she can have access to all of the Google tools that we will use in class.
Check your child’s gmail account every day to make sure he/she is responding to teacher s and using his/her account only for school
Ask questions
Get involved at school

14. Volunteer opportunities
Phoning families about upcoming event reminders
Driving to and from field trips
Providing supervision during field trips
Assisting in Seasonal Art Activities
Helping out with Extra-Curricular Activities
Volunteering in the classroom to read with students or provide extra math support
Volunteering to provide support during Genius Hour

15. Why use technology in the classroom?
To teach 21st Century Skills of
Collaboration
Creativity
Critical Thinking
Communication
To learn to use Web 2.0 Tools for broad base communication with a wide variety of ways to show learning and receive feedback.
Create e-Portfolios that can follow them until they graduate

16. Why use technology in the classroom?
“Flatten the walls of our Classroom” by communicating with students in other parts of the world about what we are learning and discover different perspectives.
It is engaging, intrinsically motivating and supports differentiation for a variety of different student needs.
The “Teachable Moment” of learning about Digital Citizenship

17. See it working in other surrey schools
Gallit Zvi - A Surrey Teacher and Leader in Digital Integration (

18. innovative classroom technology
Elementary Student Blogs
Glogster, Prezi and Google Docs
Parent Perspective

19. Byod (Bring your own device)
The ratio of devices to students at Cindrich is approximately 6 to 1.
We only get access to the ipads about 1 or 2 times per week.
This makes it very difficult to fully integrate technology into the classroom or to take advantage of the opportunities technology offers.
Bring Your Own Device is a program that many schools have put into place, especially for upper intermediate students.

20. byod BYOD allows improved access and smaller device to student ratios.
This does not mean that families need to go out and buy a device for their child!
All students will have access to devices on our scheduled times regardless of whether they have their own.
To support BYOD, we have some information for parents as well as permission forms to be completed.

21. Digital citizenship
Our children are Digital Natives...they have grown up in a digital world and have never known any other way.
We are Digital Immigrants...we need to understand the benefits and dangers of the Digital World.
Students need to be directly taught how to create a positive Digital Footprint.
For more information about Digital Citizenship, visit:
commonsensemedia.org

22. Thanks for viewing! Cheers to a great year!
If you are viewing this slide show in class, please stack the chairs! It’s appreciated!
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